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33 Equipment Manufacturers Oppose Public-Utility Classification of Broadband

posted by janrinok on Wednesday September 10 2014, @04:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the follow-the-money dept.

tt0110074 writes:

Today, 33 hardware manufacturers sent a letter to the Department of Commerce opposing the reclassification of broadband internet back to its original status of a "telecommunications service" as a regulated common-carrier.

The letter suggests that the entire high-tech manufacturing industry and the 450 billion dollars it contributed to the economy in 2012 are at risk if the Internet service is returned to the same status it had up until 2005 when the Supreme Court ruled that the FCC had the authority to reclassify it as an "information service."

Signatories to the letter include Intel, IBM, dLink, Rovi, Cisco, Nokia, Panasonic and Universal Remote Control. Some of their competitors who did not sign the letter include AMD, Hewlett-Packard, Apple, Samsung and Logitech.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by Blackmoore on Wednesday September 10 2014, @07:12PM

    by Blackmoore (57) on Wednesday September 10 2014, @07:12PM (#91808) Journal
    This basically comes down to "who do you know" and "who's scratching who's back". 

    Every one of the CEO's involved have personal ties to the ISP's CEO's - so yeah.
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